Toy pistol



Dec. 13, 1927.

1,652,666 R. A. FRlsBlE ToY PIsToL Filed Nov. e. 1926 Patented Dee, 13, 1927.

mrs ras,

RUSSELL .ABNER FRISBIE, F MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSGNOR TO THE J'. E.

STEVENS COMPANY, OF CROMVJELL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

Application filed November 6, 1926. Serial No. 146,658.

My invention relates to improvements in toy pistols, of the iorm that is used Yfor the discharge of a single or individual' paper cap, and the object of my improvement is to produce a toy pistol that is constructed and arranged so that there will be permitted the use of a relatively strong or stiff spring for operating the hammer so as to etilectl a relatively loud report from the impact on la the anvil, that has a trigger providedon a member that is separate from the hammer and located so as to provide relatively double or appreciably increased leverage so that discharge Will be eected by a relatively 1-5 light pull and thus will Vbe operable by a small child, and, hirthermore, that is easily assembled by reason off the omission of a rivetor post as the pivot for said member, using in lieu thereotl a knife-edge bearing '-ll and which latter is located at the bottom margin or edge portion or lthe handle, thus permitting of the maximum length for said member and the corresponding gain in the leverage eect. f In the accompanying drawing z- Figure 1 is a side elevation o a toy pistol embodying my invention.`

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation with the lett casing member removed.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View corresponding to Fig. 3 with the parts in the cocked position.

My improved toy pistol comprises a casing that is composed of a left member l() and a right member 11 that Yare held together by means of a pair of rivets 12 and said members cooperate to provide as exposed and fixed parts the barrel structure 13; the handle 14 projecting downwardly from the rear of said barrel structure 13; the guard 15 extending around the junction 16 of said barrel structure 13 and the handle 14, and a sight 17 on said barrel structure 13. Also, immediately at the rear of the barrel structure 13 is an opening 18 for admitting the paper caps or the like to the anvil 19 that is provided on the inside in the form of a projection from the side Wall of4 the right "o member 11 and extending rearwardly from said opening 18 is a slot 2O for the hammer member 21.

The hammer member 21 has a Hat platelike body'portion 22 that is located at the rear of the anvil 19; that projects upwardly n l u!! through the slot 20, and that is eurmounted by a head 23 that is exposed and accessible for manipulation by the thumb for cocking.

On the front side of the body portion 22 is a hammer head 24 that opposed to the anvil 19 and cooperates therewith in effecting the discharge blow. i

The pivotal connection for the hammer member 21 is of the knife-edge form, comprising a V-shaped point 25 that is seated in a V-shaped groove 26 in a boss or projection 27 that is provided on the inside of the right member 11. The point 25,'projects upwardly i'rom the front edge of a downward extension of the body portion 22 which is generally in the formof a Ihook that is hooked into or against the V-ehaped groove or seat 26.

In the rear edge` ol" thel body portion`22, opposite the point 25, is 'a notch 28 that serves 'as a seat for the positioning spring 29 and Which receives the upper end of said spring 29. The lovver end ot said spring 29' is seated in a notch 30 that is provided in the lower edge portion 31 of the handle 14 and in material that is integral With the right member 11.

The spring 29 tends to seat the hammer head 24 against the anvil 19 and is relatively strong' or stili), by reason of the provision of a trigger member 32 that is in the form of a separate piece and that is constructed and arranged to cooperate' with the hammer member 21 for tiring.

In coclring, the hammer member 21 is pulled rearwardly in opposition to the spring 29 to the limit provided by the slot 20 and is held in such cocked position by reason of the relative location of the pivotal and spring engaging points of the hammer member, as usual, involving pulling beyond the center, on one side. In tiring, the parts are moved by the center on the other side, as is under stood, and then is followed by the action of the spring.

In the present structure the extension 83 of the bony portion 22 that supports the pivotal point 25 hasat the Vlront edge a nose 34. that is opposed to and cooperates with a bearing vedge portion 35 on the trigger member 32 ineffecting the tiring.

'heV trigger member 32 is in the form of an elongated lever of the second class, .,the Work point 35 being at abornd the middle thereof. The pivot therefor is of knife-edge ioo is permitted and that can be operatively housed Within the shell-like housing 'space vthat is 4provided by the casing and that the trigger proper 40 is located in al relatively elevated position.

I claim as my invention l. A toy pistol comprising` a shell-like 'casing having an anvil, a hammer member pivotally supported by said casing and having a head for cooperating with said anvil', a spring for positioning said `hammer member, and operating to hold lsaid hammer member in the cocked position, and a trigger member for releasing said hammerinember trom such cocked position, said hammer member having a' contacting nose,said trigger member being in the form 'of a lever of the second class andthereto.

having Va bearing edge for cooperating With said nose, the pivotal connection for said vhammer member and casing comprising cooperating knife-edge parts that are provided respectively on said hammer member and casing and that` are adapted to be seated one against the other for the operativel connection, and said spring serving also as the means for maintaining said knie-edge parts so seated rone against t'he other.

2. In a toy pistol, a casing having an anvil,

hammer member pivotally supported within said casing, having `an upperV part that has a head for cooperating with said anvil, having a lower part that projects below'the pivotal support and that has a tripping nose portion, and provided with an operating spring, a triggerniemberpivoted by its lower endv adjacent the bottom edge of the casing structure, projected upwardly past said nose portion and having a bearing 'face that is opposedthereto, andv having at its upper end a finger-portion that is'eXposed for iii-ing, and said finger vportion being located appreeiablyrabove said nose, whereby in iiring the movement of thel finger portion v will be appreciabl'y greater than that ot the nose and the bearing tace that is opposed RUSSELL Annen FRisBiii. 

